Re: Complain about finals thread
There were a lot of assumptions to make, which in itself renders the course as almost useless to me. The professor also failed to make the lectures anywhere near interesting, and we trudged through at an alarmingly slow pace. We didn't come close to covering the material that was outlined in the course syllabus; he always wrote his notes on the board, and after comparing with a friend that I work with, I discovered that he has given the exact same notes and the exact same assignments (unchanged numbers, even) before. It seems practical to, then, have the notes available beforehand so that they can be elaborated upon and more material could then be taught--otherwise I feel like it's an utter waste of my elective space and money.
Most of my issues with microeconomics appear to lie in how poorly it was taught to me, though I'm still relatively irritated with the idea that we had to assume a great deal. Hell, we even studied market situations that were "possible," but "highly improbable" or "extraordinarily rare." I understand that it's important to know about all of the possibilities, but maybe they should be reserved for a higher level course with economics prerequisites, apropos to people who are legitimately interested, and not a course that can be taken by even the mildly curious.
Mind you, mathematics is similar in that respect, with some assumptions, but in my experience they're not so prevalent as to be irritating. Essentially I'm not recommending the professor that I had, though in general, I don't think I'd like economics if it were taught to me by somebody decent. If you're interested in that particular subject, are curious about business, or need it for your degree, then take it. Otherwise, you'd likely be better off taking an elective that interests you even more or expands upon a course that you've previously taken.
There were a lot of assumptions to make, which in itself renders the course as almost useless to me. The professor also failed to make the lectures anywhere near interesting, and we trudged through at an alarmingly slow pace. We didn't come close to covering the material that was outlined in the course syllabus; he always wrote his notes on the board, and after comparing with a friend that I work with, I discovered that he has given the exact same notes and the exact same assignments (unchanged numbers, even) before. It seems practical to, then, have the notes available beforehand so that they can be elaborated upon and more material could then be taught--otherwise I feel like it's an utter waste of my elective space and money.
Most of my issues with microeconomics appear to lie in how poorly it was taught to me, though I'm still relatively irritated with the idea that we had to assume a great deal. Hell, we even studied market situations that were "possible," but "highly improbable" or "extraordinarily rare." I understand that it's important to know about all of the possibilities, but maybe they should be reserved for a higher level course with economics prerequisites, apropos to people who are legitimately interested, and not a course that can be taken by even the mildly curious.
Mind you, mathematics is similar in that respect, with some assumptions, but in my experience they're not so prevalent as to be irritating. Essentially I'm not recommending the professor that I had, though in general, I don't think I'd like economics if it were taught to me by somebody decent. If you're interested in that particular subject, are curious about business, or need it for your degree, then take it. Otherwise, you'd likely be better off taking an elective that interests you even more or expands upon a course that you've previously taken.
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